Hanger



Jan. 1, 1924 1,479,359

F. R. BLAKE HANGER Filed Dec. 6, 1921 @"g BY gm WITNESSES ATTORNEY Patented Jan. l, 1924.

umrao STATES ears I were To all whom it may Be it known that l IFBANK R. BLAKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bangor in the county of Penobscot and State oi Maine, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention has reference to electric fixtures, and is particularly directed to a holding or supporting means therefor.

The rimary object is the productionoi a simp e, cheap and thoroughly efiective means whereby an electric fixture can be hung and supported either from a ceiling or side wall of a building.

A further object is to produce a hanger for electric fixtures which includes a hook member designed to be passed between and engaged with a lath in a building construction, said hook having adjustable thereon a headless bolt, both the bolt and projecting portion of the hook being received in the hxture, and the outer end of the bolt being engaged by a not which also enga es the outer end of the fixture whereby to efiectwely support the fixture.

A further objectis to produce a hanger for electric fixtures having means for engaging with the lath, studding or other portion of the building construction, an element adjustably associated with said first mentioned means, both the element and means being wholly received and fully covered by the fixture, and the said element COMGM having the end thereof engaged by a nut which likewise engages the outer end of the fixture to exert a binding action thereagainst and force the opposite end of the fixture against the wall or ceiling of a room. The foregoing, and other objects which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, may be accomplished by a construction, combination and operative association of parts, such as is dis closed by the drawings which accompany and which form part of this specification. In the drawings Figure 1 is a view illustrating the application of the improvement, parts being broken away and parts being in section.

Figure 2 is a perspective View of the hanger with the elements constituting the same associated.

Figure 3 is a side elevation modification.

In Figure 1 of the drawings, the hook of illustrating. a

be employed with equal eficiency in sup porting a fixture from a ceiling and that the hook, instead of engaging with the lath may engage with a studding or any other portion of a building construction...

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the numeral 1 designates a part of a wall of a building, 2 the lathe which are secured to the studdings for supporting the plaster in the usual manner.

Either before or after the plaster is ap plied, there may be passed between two of the lathe the hook portion of the improv ment, or the said hook may be arranged on a lath when the same is nailed to the studding or in other words, the hook may be applied either beiore or after the building is plastered. The hook is indicated by the numeral 3, the same being fiat piece of metal, whereby the same will lie snugly against the inner face of the lath 2, and the beak 4 may contact with one oi th edges of the lath. The end of the lath engaging portion of the hook opposite that provided with the beak has an angle extension 5 which terminates in what I will term an ear 6, the said car being parallel with the lath engaging portion of the hook, and the ear is provided with a threaded openin Screwed in the threaded opening is a headless bolt 7 When the parts are arran ed as above described, the, hollow electric ture 8 is positioned thereover. The bolt 7 is adjusted so that the outer end thereof is arranged in a line with the outer end of the fixture 8, and the said outer end has screwed thereon a nut 9. This nut 9 may be of an ornamental nature. to exert a frictional engagement against the outer end of the fixture forcing the bell end thereof against the wall. The bolt 7 is comparatively long, and therefore the hanger may be employed for e'fiectively supporting fixtures of slightly different lengths.

, In Figure 3, the hook element of the device is broadly indicated by the numeral 10, the hook having an inwardly directed beak 11. The body 12 of the hook has an angle portion which terminates in a straight end 13 that is parallel to the straight portion of the hook proper. The end 13 has a threaded constructed oi a a The nut 9 is designed bolt has its inner end, that is the end next the hook provided with a head 15, the

said head having its outer face provided with a hub 16, and the hub may be provided with a threaded bore which all ns with a similar bore in the head. In t is threaded portion of the head the bolt 14 is screwed. To hold the head on the bolt a bindin element 17 ma be employed, and when t e head 15 is a metal properl with respect to the hook a similar binding e ement 18 may enter the straight end 13 of the body portion of the hook and contact with the screw 14.

The fixture is arranged over the screw and the body of the hook in a manner as heretofore described, the outer end of the screw being engaged by a nut which also contacts with the fixture.

It is thought that the foregoing description, when taken in connection with t drawings will fully set forth the construction, operation and advanta es of the improvement to those skilled int e art to which such inventions relate, but it is to be understood that such changes may be made therefrom as fall within the scope of what is claimed.

Having described the invention, I claim A means for sup rting a fixture from a lathed and plasteredhivall, comprising a hook adapted to be inserted through the wall to engage with a lath of the wall structure, said ook having its outer end formed with an angle ear having a threaded opening therethrough, a headless bolt threaded through said opening, an element thereon for contacting the wall, said bolt designed to pass through a fixture which surrounds the hook, and a nut screwed on the bolt for contacting the fixture to force the same against the wall.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

FR REDMOND BLAKE. 

